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From: Nik.Clayton@brunel.ac.uk (Nik Clayton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: [kernel] ld error "bad magic number"
Date: 27 Jan 1995 13:55:41 -0000
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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How do. Here's hoping someone can help with this.
I'm running FreeBSD 2.0 on a 486 with 2 x 250Mb HD, and I feel the need to
recompile the kernel. wd0 contains the basic binary installed, and wd1
holds all the source code, with /dev/wd1a mounted on /usr/src.
I then go into /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and try and compile the GENERIC
kernel, just to make sure everything's OK. The sequence of events is
% /usr/sbin/config GENERIC
% cd /usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC
% make depend
% make
Everything appears to compile correctly (bar the odd mention of a
redudant declaration of DELAY) and then link time comes around. At which
point I see,
ln -s ../../libkern/libkern.a libkern.a
loading kernel
ld: libkern.a(): bad magic number
*** Error code 1
Stop.
This means absolutely nothing to me, but seems to be a fairly major
stumbling block.
The FAQ doesn't appear to cover it, and I'm stumped. Anyone run into
this problem before? Anyone solve this problem before?
N
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